Hosea Ballou
Hosea Ballou
Hosea Ballouwas an American Universalist clergyman and theological writer. He has been called one of the fathers of American Universalism...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth30 April 1771
CountryUnited States of America
blessing events common
Our blessings are the least heeded, because the most common events of life.
honesty people littles
Honest and courageous people have very little to say about either their courage or their honesty.
biblical mountain energy
Energy, like the biblical grain of the mustard-seed, will remove mountains.
gratitude spring heart
Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul; and the heart of man knoweth none more fragrant.
experience add knowledge-gained
The experience of others adds to our knowledge, but not to our wisdom; that is dearer bought.
punishment self justice
Hatred is self-punishment.
friendship happiness enemy
Suspicion is far more to be wrong than right; more often unjust than just. It is no friend to virtue, and always an enemy to happiness.
parent brevity-of-life brevity
Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction....
punishment mind done
The severest punishment suffered by a sensitive mind, for injury inflicted upon another, is the consciousness of having done it.
names association use
A careless and blasphemous use of the name of the Divine Being is not only sinful, but it is also prima facie evidence of vulgar associations.
practice doubt creeds
Doubt that creed which you cannot reduce to practice.
wise religious men
Man, being not only a religious, but also a social being, requires for the promotion of his rational happiness religious institutions, which, while they give a proper direction to devotion, at the same time make a wise and profitable improvement of his social feelings.
oblivion injury altars
Lay silently the injuries you receive upon the altar of oblivion.
kindness way speak
With regard to manner, be careful to speak in a soft, tender, kind and loving way. Even when you have occasion to rebuke, be careful to do it with manifest kindness. The effect will be incalculably better.